Ebles I of Roucy (died 11 May 1033) was
count of Roucy
This article is a list of the counts of Roucy. In medieval France, Roucy was a county held by a succession of noble families. By the Late Middle Ages, it was one of seven titles that was made a peer within the provincial peerage of the greater Co ...
from 1000 to 1033 and
archbishop of Reims
The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...
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/ref> from 1021 to 1033.
Possible family origins
In Genealogiciæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis[''Genealogiciæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names 'Lebaldus de Malla et…Iveta comitissa de Retest' as brother and sister of 'Ebalus de Roceio', this note also refers to a certain Mathilde, wife of Liéutad: 'Albericus de Cociaco…cum Adela uxore sua et matre eius Mathilde' who made a donation to the Abbey of Nogent-sous-Coucy (French Wikipedia) in 1059.'']'' he is referred as the brother of:
# Eudes (Odo) Roucy, called "the Strong" († 27 August after 1021)'', lord of Rumigny.
# Liétaud (also Letard or Letald) de Roucy, Lord of Marle. Liétaud's daughter Adèle de Marle married first Aubry, Viscount of Coucy, and second the scandalous Crusader Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy
Enguerrand I ( 1042 – 1116) was the Lord of Coucy from 1086 until his death in 1116.
Bishop Rorico of Amiens established canons at Saint-Acheul in 1085.
The foundation charter records donations to Saint-Acheul by Count Enguerran of Boves and hi ...
, with whom she had issue.
# Yvette (possibly either Judith or Dada) de Roucy who married either Manasses II or Manasses III of Rethel.
Although he is traditionally considered to have been the son of his predecessor, Giselbert, Count of Roucy and Reims and an unnamed daughter of William III "Towhead", Duke of Aquitaine, no contemporary document mentions a wife or children for Giselbert. Instead, a novel theory by Jean-Noël Mathieu resolves some inconsistencies by placing Giselbert as his matrilineal
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great-uncle.
The new study, based on onomastic
Onomastics (or, in older texts, onomatology) is the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names. An ''orthonym'' is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study.
Onomastics can be helpful in data mining, w ...
data, suggests that Ebles I was the son of Ebles de Poitiers (son of William IV, Duke of Aquitaine
William IV (937 – 3 February 994), called Fierebras or Fierebrace (meaning "Proud Arm", from the French ''Fier-à-bras'' or ''Fièrebrace'', in turn from the Latin ''Ferox brachium''), was the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 963 ...
and Emma of Blois
Emma of Blois ( 950–27 December 1003) was Duchess consort of Aquitaine by marriage to William IV, Duke of Aquitaine. She ruled Aquitaine as regent for her son, William V, Duke of Aquitaine, from 996 until 1004.
Life
She was the daughter of ...
) and unnamed daughter of Aubry II, Count of Mâcon and Ermentrude of Roucy Ermentrude or Ermintrude is a feminine Germanic name from the Middle Ages. It may refer to:
* Erminethrudis (d. c. 600), a Merovingian-era nun
*Ermentrude of Orléans (823–869), queen of the Franks by her marriage to Charles the Bald
* Ermentrude ...
, Giselbert of Roucy's sister.
Mathieu further notes that the conventional theory does not take into account that:
*The first name Liétaud is traditionally associated with the Counts of Mâcon
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
, but not with the Roucy family;
* The first name Eudes is traditionally associated with the Robertians
The Robertians (sometimes called the Robertines in modern scholarship) are the proposed Frankish family which was ancestral to the Capetian dynasty, and thus to the royal families of France and of many other countries. The Capetians appear first i ...
, the Herbertiens, or the House of Blois
The House of Blois () is a lineage derived from the Frankish nobility, whose principal members were often named Theobald (''Thibaud'', ''Thibault'', ''Thibaut'' in French).
History
Heirs of the viscounts of Blois, the House of Blois accumulated ...
;
* The lands of Rumigny and Coucy had previously belonged to the Counts of Blois
During the Middle Ages, the counts of Blois were among the most powerful Vassal, vassals of the King of France.
This title of nobility seems to have been created in 832 by Louis the Pious, Emperor Louis ''the Pious'' for William, Count of Blois, ...
, but later passed to the Roucy line.
Marriage and descendants
He married Beatrice of Hainaut, the daughter of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Reginar IV, Count of Mons, in Hainaut, (c. 950–1013) was the son of Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, Reginar III who died in exile in Bohemia in 973. Lambert I of Leuven was his brother.
History
His father Reginar III was exiled in 958 as a rebel ...
and Hedwig of France
Hedwig of France (c. 970 – after 1013), also called Avoise, Hadevide or Haltude, was Countess of Mons. She was the daughter of Hugh Capet, the first King of France, and his wife, Queen Adelaide of Aquitaine.
Family
In 996 Hedwig married Regin ...
(daughter of Hugh Capet
Hugh Capet (; french: Hugues Capet ; c. 939 – 14 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, ...
). From this union he had:
*1. Alix, who succeeded him, and was married to Hilduin IV of Montdidier, Count of Ramerupt and Roucy, by whom she was the mother of Ebles II of Roucy
Ebles II (died May 1103), also called Eble or Ebale, was the second Count of Roucy (1063–1103) of the House of Montdidier. He was the son and successor of Hilduin IV of Montdidier and Alice (Alix), daughter of Ebles I of Roucy. He is famous for ...
. Her daughter, Margaret de Roucy, married Hugh, Count of Clermont, and they were the parents of Adeliza, who married Gilbert Fitz Richard
Gilbert Fitz Richard (–), 2nd feudal baron of Clare in Suffolk, and styled "de Tonbridge", was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales .
Life
Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir ...
;
* 2. Hedwig, who inherited the lands of Rumigny after the death of her uncle, Eudes, and married Geoffrey IV, Lord
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of Florennes
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.
Around 1020, Ebles separated from his wifeAdelaide of Aquitaine
Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004), was Queen of France by marriage to Hugh Capet, King of the Franks (c. 939 – 14 October 996). Adelaide and Hugh were the founders of t ...
, wife of Hugh Capet
Hugh Capet (; french: Hugues Capet ; c. 939 – 14 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, ...
and grandmother of Beatrice, was the daughter of William III of Aquitaine
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
. It is assumed that this marriage was annulled
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due to the consanguinity
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Many jurisdictions have laws prohibiting people who are related by blood fr ...
between the spouses. Beatrice remarried Manasses of Montdidier, to whom she was also closely related. and took holy orders, being therefore elected archbishop of Reims. He also became count of Reims in 1023 and afterwards bound the county to the archdiocese. Beatrice then went on to marry Manasses de Ramerupt Manasses (died after 4 February 1031), son of Hilduin III, Count of Montdidier. He was often mistaken for his uncle Manasses, Count of Dammartin.
Manasses married Beatrix of Hainaut, daughter of Reginar IV, Count of Mons, and Hedwig, daughter of Hu ...
.
Notes and references
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1033 deaths
Archbishops of Reims
Year of birth unknown
11th-century archbishops